The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1887-06-25
1ELEcRAPHIc NEWS.
The GeuId and Garry Works Bsrning-
Several Niners Dead and the Pate CT
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VIRoIsfA,, New, June 25.-At ]
o'clock last night the engineer at the
Bonner shaft of the Gould 4 Curry mine
discovered smo.s issuing from the shalt.
Suspecting an underground fire. he, at
once sounded an alarm. Almost instant
ly crowd collected in the Rsighborho hood,
and within five minutes the streets were
fllsd with people hurrying to.ar d what
proved to be tue scene Of au awful disas-
ter, the most sefious since the Yellow
Jacket fire eighteen years ago. Men and
women whose o. .'tt,rrs aud husbands
were employed 10 tue Curry gathered
around the hoisting works, only to be
coairouted4 by su impssssble fArrer oil
smoke aud gas. vsr :,
Brave man, who feared no danger, and
who would have willingly risksd their
lives on behalf OF their imprisoned tel
lows, were helpless 10 q building where
the smoke as so dense that suffocstion
was q matter OF only few moments. Ii
was . repetition OF the great Jacket IRE,
only on . lesser seals Every means
available we're st once adopted after the
discovery OF the tire. The compressors
were run ut full speed. aud all the AIR run
through the blowers that they could pos
s,biy carry The holsting works, never
theless, were like smoke hVes", The
lamps lcoald scarcely be seen,
and the combined smell OF the
steam, gas aud exhsled air from below
was nauseating. The engineer was com
pelled to mufile his nostrlls aud mouth
with a wet handkerchief On the 400 level
Jopcy Morgan, John Traunce, Bob Bruce,
George Carpenter aud Andy Bean were
working Ii is not known what warning
thew might have had Of the lmpendlne
calamity but IL Is evident that they made
a strong effort to escape their doom.
Tbev climbed a winze over 100 feet tc
the old Gould < Curry dram tunnel, nov
belonging TO the " ater Company, the
mouth or outlet OF which Is several hun
dr.d wards east OF town. The partie;
who went to their rescue through this
tusnel we're repeatedly driven BACK oy
the dense smoke but finally succeeded IN
finding Morgan and Bean lying near each
other. Morgan was within hfty feet ol
the door aud SO feet from the mouth o.
tbs tnnnei. which would have saved hin
conld he have reached il. The other
three were lying close together about lW
s.et further West. The names OF the SID
miner on the 1900 level are Ed. Jeffrey
John Kennedy, Martin Tregahs, Peter
EDDY. Chas. Doherty and Foster Hamil
ton. Everything Is being done towsro
their possible rescne and the Intervening
.nace of rock and vein matter are being
torn out az fast AS picks, drills aud pow
dor can effect it, This best miners srs
heinu employ.d ON ten minute shifts.
Meanwhile the pom erons aud powerful
air COMPRESSOR or blower is being worked
to it's full capacity al the rate oi oo strokes
Der miuute--twice the ordinary speed
All fear OF the air pipe being melted OF
by the fire in the depths IS ooV'a.ea D,
the fact. of the tive OF SIX inches OF wate
used by the compressor howlng down th'
pipe ITSELF Ar.1patteWh.d just returned
from underground, and from him the 70
porter gained the following
PARTICULARS OF THR PIRR.
At 7I5 last evening Superintendent
LYMAN telephoned 10 me that his shat
was on Gre and that the men were IN tn
500 foot diff asking for help. Know
ING that the only conaectio" between tn
two mines at that lev,l was through tn
Sutro Tunnel from thence through
drift running westerly to the bottom Q
an incline about 200 feet from the .3O'
station of the Gould & Curry shaft. !,
Immediately went to that point ap' am
found that the 1 500 station of the Goul'
= a Curry shaft was q mass OF hames
That located the fire. Now seeing tina
), there was no possible escape Tor the me-
in that direction, / immediately con
menced putting in bulkheads with